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Louis Malle unveiled the natural beauty of Jeanne Moreau in his breakthrough, Elevator to the Gallows. With his follow-up, the scandalous smash The Lovers (Les amants), he made her a star once and for all. A deeply felt and luxuriously filmed fairy tale for grown-ups, perched on the edge between classical and New Wave cinemas, The Lovers presents Moreau as a restless bourgeois wife whose eye wanders from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger (Jean-Marc Bory). Thanks to its frank sexuality, The Lovers caused quite a stir, being censored and attacked for obscenity around the world. If today its shock has worn off, its glistening sensuality and seductive storytelling haven't aged a day.
Original Release
11/05/1958
US Release
10/26/1959
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeanne Moreau | Jeanne Tournier |
Jean-Marc bory | Bernard Dubois-Lambert |
Jorge Taglione | Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy |
José Luis de Vilallonga | Raoul Florès |
Gaston Modot | Coudray |
Pierre Frag | |
Michèle Girardon | Hélène Cavalier / La secrétaire |
Gib Grossac | |
Lucienne Hamon | Chantal |
Georgette Lobre | Marthe |
Directors
Writers
Louise de Vilmorin, Dominique Vivant
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeanne Moreau | Jeanne Tournier |
Jean-Marc bory | Bernard Dubois-Lambert |
Jorge Taglione | Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy |
José Luis de Vilallonga | Raoul Florès |
Gaston Modot | Coudray |
Pierre Frag | |
Michèle Girardon | Hélène Cavalier / La secrétaire |
Gib Grossac | |
Lucienne Hamon | Chantal |
Georgette Lobre | Marthe |
Claude Mansard | Marcelot |
Alain Cuny | Henri Tournier |
Jean-Claude Brialy | Un Garçon a Manège |
Patricia Maurin | Catherine Tournier / Catherine, fille de Jeanne |